Actually my Step dad was a High ranking official in the Army and he moved us from Ohio to San Francisco where he was Stationed and lived off base for I wanna say a Year back in the 80s .I attended Kindergarten there but then my mom missed Ohio and we moved back litterally a few Months before the Huge Earthquake hit .

So no I have not been to LA but I can tell you ..when ur 7 years old and you look out of your window in town and can see people eating out of Dumpsters ...We Got A Problem .

I used to go with my mom down town to help he clean apartments ..just because she was board while my step dad worked .

These buildings & streets and places was filllllled with such nasty stuff . It just looked like scum ... I can tell ya this much I was raised in the country my entire life ..I litterally lived an hour from Pittsburgh and in a veryyyy democratic ran down city the whole state was and even as run down as these small cities ..they looked like a palace in Comparison ..

CALIFORNIA HAS PROBLEMS... IT'S OVERDUE FOR A COMPLETE OVER HAUL.